Meanings
habitant1
plural habitants
- CanadaA member of a habitation colony at Stadacona founded by Samuel de Champlain, where Quebec City now lies.
habitant2
plural habitants
- archaicSynonym of inhabitant /dweller.
Myriads of habitants are ever sleeping, Or dead, or fled from nameless pestilence!
1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night1 more example
The last dark branches which intercepted his view gave way, and he saw a heap of blackened ruins. Scarcely aware of his own actions, he sprang from his horse. A single glance convinced him it could harbour no human habitant.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 288–289Synonyms: inhabitant /dweller
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of inhabitant /dweller.
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nouna person who inhabits a particular place
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Origin
habitant · noun
- Frenchhabitant
- Englishhabitant
From French habitant.
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Full word history & related roots →habitant · noun
- Middle Frenchhabitant
- Middle Englishhabytaunt
- Englishhabitant
From Middle English habytaunt, from Middle French habitant. By surface analysis, habit (“to inhabit”) + -ant.
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
habitant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/habitant
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